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Giving Opinions

This is just my opinion, but...

Elementary
I (really) think that
I believe (that)
Im sure that
In my opinion / My opinion is
Pre-intermediate
I agree with
I feel that
I guess/imagine
I have no doubt that / Im certain that
I strongly believe that
Ive never really thought about this before, but
My personal opinion is that / Personally, my opinion is that
To be honest / In my honest opinion,
Intermediate
As far as I know,
I agree with the opinion of
I could be wrong, but
Id definitely say that
Id guess/imagine that
Id say that
Im absolutely certain that
Im fairly confident that
Im no expert (on this), but
Im positive that
Im pretty sure that
It seems to me that
Its a complicated/difficult issue, but
My (point of) view (on this) is
Obviously,
Some people may disagree with me, but
This is just my opinion, but
Without a doubt,
You probably wont agree, but
Upper-intermediate
After much thought,
After weighing up both sides of the argument,
Although I can see both points of view / Although I can understand the
opposite point of view,
As I see it, ...
Correct me if Im wrong, but
For me/ From my point of view,

Frankly,
I am not very familiar with this topic, but
I do believe/ feel/think
I have come to the conclusion that
I might change my mind later, but
I reckon/suppose
I tend to think that
Im not sure Im the right person to ask, but / I have very limited experience
of this, but
Im pretty confident that
Ive always thought that
If you ask me,
I'm (absolutely) convinced that
In my humble opinion / IMHO,
It could be said that
It seems clear to me that
It would seem to me that
My initial reaction is
Not everyone will/would agree with me, but
Personally speaking / Speaking for myself,
The way I see it (is)
To be (perfectly) frank,
To the best of my knowledge,
What I think is
You could say
Advanced
After giving this matter some (serious) thought,
As far as I'm concerned,
As the old saying goes,
Having given this question due consideration,
I am of the opinion that
I cant help thinking that
I know this is a minority view, but / Im in the minority in thinking that
I tend towards the opinion that
I think its fair/reasonable to say
Ill tell you what I think,
Im entirely/quite convinced that
Ive come the conclusion that
If I must come up with an opinion / If you (really) want my opinion,
In my limited experience,
It could/might well be that
Know what I think?
My opinion was best expressed by when s/he said/wrote
My view/position on this (issue) (is clear and) is that
Off the top of my head,
Plainly,
Quite frankly,
There is a part of me that says
This may well be controversial, but
To my mind / To my way of thinking, ...

To summarise my (rather complex) views on the matter,


What I always say is
With some reservations,
Without a shred/shadow of doubt,
Youd have to be crazy not to agree that / Any idiot can see that

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